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Double Car/Van
Car/Van has two steering wheels at opposite ends and instead of backing out, the car can simply drive out forward | |
Car has two "fronts" and can pull out/pull in or even turn around w/o rotating the whole vehicle
(I need to get better at writing clearly...this is my 1st)
Malec
http://www.paulsen.no/malec/
Modified car w/ dual steering [5th Earth, Aug 16 2005]
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Lets see: no magic, no bad science, no genetic
engineering...sweet |
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Not bad for a first, welcome to the halfbakery! |
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a great 1st idea [+]
How about having one steering wheel and one set of seats, but have the cabin rotate like the turret of a tank? |
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I've got a video of a rather small car (think original mini sized, though that's not what it was) that this was done to... but I don't know any link to it. |
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I've seen this done to the Mini, the VW Beetle and the Lada. |
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Yeah, I used to drive past one every
day, had two engines and everything...
it was a chevelle. But I can't find
anything on the net. It would be
interesting to modernize the idea, but
as far as a practical way to back out
easily, consider what happens when you
start using by-wire technology: you
could have a car with reversable seats,
and two control clusters, and with the
press of a button could face the
direction of the car the other way. Or
even step out of the car and control it
with a remote. |
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Now you can drive, and then your child in the back seat can help you park :) |
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I don't know how practical this would be, plus I've seen it done by welding two fronts together. Aside from that, I love it. (+) |
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[ooys] "consider ... by-wire technology: you could have ... two control clusters, ... Or even step out of the car and control it with a remote." |
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Or make the control panel a removeable wireless remote from the get-go, and hold it anywhere you feel comfortable. Hell, integrate a video screen and drive from the can. |
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This would certainly be useful on those land-yacht Winnebago dealies. |
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I enjoy this overly complicated solution to a minor problem, which is not in itself cause for greatness, but in this case it works. It's like every parking space is a pull-through, even if someone is parked opposite you. |
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Also makes backing a trailer a lot easier. |
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I guess this could help avoid getting ticketed for parallel parking in the wrong direction or driving on the wrong side of the road. |
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Good first idea - well done! |
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Might it not be a good idea to put the idea in the idea text, rather than as the subtitle/description. The subtitle could be either a witty phrase, or a short (short) description. |
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I wonder if such a thing would cause more parking lot collisions. I have seen instances where shopping centers required its patrons to front-end park in the spaces to curtail these incidents because people are thought to be more careful while backing out of a space vs. pulling forward out of a space where the driver is more confident and moreso careless. |
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good idea mate
there was a version built from two series land rover front ends but required four people to drive as each person had a different control it was called the cracker
and despite how frustrating reversing can be especially with a trailer it helps your spacial awareness but also if you do a good job you feel realy proud of what you have accomplised
this technology was also used in a land rover pickup with rear mounted snowblower so the driver could face the task in hand
thanks
Nick |
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